- Tuesday’s numbers: Hannity-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier (8pm) 1-2-3.
- August 2016 program ranker: Fox News holds 12 of the top 14 slots.
- Concha: On CNN doctor questions Hillary’s health. Flashback: ‘reckless‘.
- Kelly File video: Does Megyn over Facebook’s fake news?
- Grove: Ailes’s lawyers leading a ‘vicious vendetta‘ against Gabriel Sherman.
- Allen: Where did Dr Drew go wrong? Q&A: Greg Agvent, Ayman Mohyeldin.
Month: August 2016
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
- Monday’s numbers: Rachel Maddow-Hannity-Megyn Kelly 1-2-3.
- Santucci: CNN’s Lewandowski still involved with Trump campaign.
- Mariana Atencio leaves Fusion for MSNBC. Maddow gets new look.
- Fox News dominates August ratings; split decision for second place.
- Report: FBN up 56% in August; Stuart Varney, Lou Dobbs beat CNBC.
- Sunday Showdown: Reliable Sources tops Media Buzz. Weekend numbers.
- Concha: CNN doctors Trump tweet before airing it. Unleash the drones!
- twitter hacked. Today’s Wemple O’Whine.
Monday Links and Open Thread
- Friday’s numbers: Maddow-O’Bolling Factor-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Fox News files response to Tantaros: ‘not a victim…an opportunist’.
- Out# video: over Clintons’ ‘outrageous bribery’.
- Flood: Neil Cavuto set to make post-surgery return on September 6.
- After ‘fixing’ algorithms, Facebook hypes totally fake Megyn Kelly ‘news’.
- Dylan Byers declares Megyn Kelly out of the running to moderate debate.
- Concha: Fusion kicks white male debate moderators over 55 to the curb.
- Survey says: Megyn Kelly, Anderson Cooper top debate moderator picks.
- Bias? CNN host grills AP exec for publishing exposé on Clinton Foundation.
- CNN’s Dylan Byers misrepresents Washington Post fact-check. This is CNN.
- Maria Molina returning to FNC…sort of. Bo Dietl resurfaces. Extra-crispy oops.
‘I Almost Died from C-Diff Three Years Ago’
J$P Video! Meet Teresa Zurberg and her amazing friend Angus:
From Fox News Channel 28 August 2016
Weekend Links and Open Thread
- Media Buzz videos: Hillary’s Trump’s Mike
- Reliable Sources videos: Hillary’s charity; white supremacists; evil FNC.
- Concha: Trump media feud moves from Megyn Kelly to Mika and Joe.
- Video: Former WNBC anchor makes his Fox News debut.
- Greta: Erik Wemple should apologize for ‘absurd’ column smearing me.
- Kelly File video: Kurtz, Colmes, and Chris on a for Hillary.
- Clayton Morris moonlighting. CNN’s F-bomb. Sunday talkers: preview.
- Flood: Decision to cancel Dr Drew made weeks ago. Q&A: John Stossel.
Friday Links and Open Thread
- Thursday’s numbers: Hannity-Megyn Kelly-Coop/8pm 1-2-3.
- Outnumbered video: Emails, tax returns, and
- Concha: John Stossel previews the first FBN Libertarian town hall.
- Stelter: CNN given Fox News oppo-research file on Gabriel Sherman.
- Today’s Wemple vs Fox: Ed Henry and the ‘crisis of morality‘ at FNC.
- Trump demands ‘crazy’ Mika apologize. Ed Schultz case back in court.
- Pete Hegseth goes to Israel finding facts. Video: Jim Angle
- Ellefson: Get to know Brianna Keilar. Sally sticks up for Sharia law.
- The Kelly File videos: Megyn questions and
- Concha: Nightly’s Larry Wilmore would be a perfect fit for MSNBCNN.
- Today’s conspiracy: Dr Drew cancelled after he questioned Hillary’s health.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
- Wednesday’s numbers: Megyn Kelly-Hannity-Coop/9pm 1-2-3.
- Concha: Ed Henry returning to Fox News…in a different role.
- Ariens: Dr Drew is leaving HLN; last show will air September 22.
- Election ‘guru’ Nate Silver attacks FNC while he gives CNN a pass.
- Can FNC keep Megyn Kelly, the ‘most prized anchor in cable news’?
- Fox & Friends video: her move to Michigan.
- Concha: Unethical Ramos doesn’t disclose his own conflict of interest.
- Coop gets another try-out with Kelly. Why Sean does those town halls.
- Late Show videos: Coop w/Colbert Q&A: Brianna Keilar.
- Fox: Joe Scarborough has a ‘secret’…(that he has discussed repeatedly).
- Wemple: Tantaros’s crack legal team boasts that they’ve only just begun.
- Shafer: Has FNC hit its ceiling? Sakoui: FNC has to expand its demographics.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
- Tuesday’s numbers: Sean Hannity-Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly 1-2-3.
- FTV: Maria Molina leaving FNC, moving to Michigan to pursue PhD.
- Concha: Sanjay Gupta hints at Trump heart disease. So is he ‘reckless‘?
- Inside Fox News post-Ailes: changes may be coming after the election.
- Geraldo: Tantaros suit not a sincere legal filing. Brown: It’s totally false.
- POTUS losers star in CNN documentary. Flood: I never met Roger Ailes.
- Sunday showdown: Media Buzz tops Reliable Sources. Weekend numbers.
- Keith Olbermann resurfaces…on The Beeb! Wemple: Trump stiffs Megyn.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
- Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Outnumbered video: over allegations of ‘pay for play’.
- Concha: Kirsten Powers calls questions about Hillary’s health ‘sexist’.
- Rothstein: Joe & Mika discuss not discussing Trump ‘girlfriend’ crack.
- Video: Kirsten Powers debuts on CNN…as one of a six-person panel!
- Concha: Some in media crusading against covering candidates’ health.
- Goldberg: Mainstream journalists can behave as badly as Trump shills.
- Rothstein: Brian Stelter is not what he used to be. Where’s the capital?
- Ariens: No Andrea, TVNewser was not ‘created and controlled‘ by Ailes.
- Say wut?!? A J$ tweet implicated by Tantaros as
- Tantaros lawsuit serves up melodramatic language, titillating accusations.
Monday Links and Open Thread
- Friday’s numbers: The Five-Shannon Bream (Baier)-Hannity 1-2-3.
- ‘It’s not over‘, says James Rosen re mysteriously edited video. More.
- F&F video: Janice Dean’s Greta: What’s in a name?
- CNN reporter on LA floods: ‘It’s got to be connected to climate change.’
- Kirsten jumps ship. Hannity takes FNC show to Baton Rouge tonight.
- NYT Scoop: Pro-Trump opinion host is helping Trump. Wemple piles on.
- Trump tease baits Joe & Mika into a twitter spat. CNN buys 9/11 movie.
- CNN thinks blacks are felons? Joe Concha shakes his head. Survey says…
Weekend Links and Open Thread
- MediaBuzz videos: Trump Hillary’s Bannon
- Reliable Sources: When campaigns spin; Hillary’s pressers; Trump’s Brietbart.
- Poll: Who should replace Anna Kooiman? Sunday talkers: preview.
- F&F Weekend video: her move down under.
- Hogue: F&FW fans don’t watch for the ‘friends’, they watch for the ‘fox’.
- Zucker Punch: How a snarky comment ignited the CNN/BuzzFeed feud.
- Concha: Debate moderators won’t be named until end of August at the earliest.
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Friday Links and Open Thread
- Adios Anna: Fox & Friends‘s Anna Kooiman moving to Australia.
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-MacCallum (Megyn)-Hannity 1-2-3.
- Outnumbered videos: and
- Click-bait: Breitbart’s deceptive headline, Mediaite’s lying headline.
- Concha: A tale of two Louisiana disasters, and the ensuing media bias.
- Factor video: analyzes coverage of the Soros hack.
- Perino: I will never lie to you. CNN, the most trusted name in drones.
- Video: Martha MacCallum and discuss paying ransom.
- MSNBC plans Hillary/Trump forum. MoJo touts its anti-Trump history.
- FTV makes public apology…for Hannity and Stelter. Two FNC execs exit.
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Thursday Links and Open Thread
- Wednesday’s numbers: Hannity-O’Reilly-Trish Regan (Megyn) 1-2-3.
- Tom Foreman at Troy University. Lynne Russell suing Motel 6 et al.
- Ashley Banfield moves to HLN, Inside Politics takes over noon on CNN.
- Concha: FNC adds Sunday election report with Bret Baier. No mo Bo?
- Suebsaeng: Bo Dietl threatens lawsuit over Gabriel Sherman allegations.
- Trump/Ailes media conspiracy theory promoted by Stelter, Esquire, et al.
- Kennedy videos: Party panel debates Trump Ellen’s
- Lean Forward: Chris Matthews says get excited about Hillary ‘or don’t vote‘.
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Wednesday Links and Open Thread
- Tuesday’s numbers: Hannity-O’Reilly-MacCallum (Megyn) 1-2-3.
- Mack: CNN
apologizes forexpresses regret over misleading edit. - Junior Trump: CNN ‘so ridiculous I can’t even watch it anymore’.
- Navera: Drones will change CNN’s business. Coop helped Cook.
- Family Feud? Father and sons differ on vision for FNC (via CNNC).
- Zucker play: CNN exec lowers expectations for post-election ratings.
- ICN: Why Megyn Kelly should not be disqualified from POTUS debates.
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Tuesday Links and Open Thread
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Sean Hannity-Rachel Maddow 1-2-3.
- Stelter: BriWi 30-min nightly election wrap starts after Labor Day.
- Wemple lambastes O’Reilly for delivering this Talking Points Memo.
- Concha: Newsers brace for decision on POTUS debate moderators.
- Editing magic: CNN creates a ‘call for peace’ out of a call for violence.
- Report: Ailes advising Trump campaign. Trump campaign: No he’s not.
- Pascual: Sanjay Gupta presses for pot. Now you see it, now you don’t.
- F&F video: Hannity zings ‘little pipsqueak’ Brian Stelter.
- Stelter: MSNBC eyeing 11pm slot for Brian Williams election wrap-up.
- The Spy Who Loved Me Not: No big deal, or ‘heartbreaking memories‘?
- Sunday Showdown: Reliable Sources tops Media Buzz. Weekend numbers.
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